Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Isayo

イサヨ

Female-classified given-name records.

いさよイサヨIsayo

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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings70

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows70

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Isayo

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingいさよ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formイサヨ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationIsayo

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Isayo. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationい · さ · よ

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Reading profile

How Isayo is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings2

いさよ · イサヨ

Kanji-based spellings69

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms4

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms65

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name

いさよ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms71

71 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 71

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
いさよIsayo	7171 source rows	female 71source rows · distinct forms: female 71	00 source rows
いさよIsayo	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Isayo

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data69

10–28 strokes observed span

Median total strokes20

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms69

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
いさよ	Isayo	3	70

Recurring first-position kanji

以by means of, because12 forms 伊Italy, that one12 forms 意idea, mind12 forms 衣garment, clothes12 forms 委committee, entrust to9 forms 勲meritorious deed, merit3 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

代substitute, change33 forms 世generation, world32 forms 夜night, evening3 forms 与bestow, participate in1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

佐代7 analyzed forms 紗世6 analyzed forms 紗代6 analyzed forms 佐世6 analyzed forms 沙世6 analyzed forms 早世5 analyzed forms

Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

None of the 70 displayed written forms has a second given-name reading in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked70

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings0

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading70

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set1

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not currently meet the canonical publication standard. Strong reference pages do not promote limited records merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Isayo spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

Kanji	Character glosses	Forms	First	Final	Internal	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
代	substitute, change, convert	33	0	33	0	5	す	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
世	generation, world, society	32	0	32	0	5	とし, ゆ, ゆき	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
佐	assistant, help	13	0	0	13	7	すけ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
紗	gauze, gossamer	12	0	0	12	10	たえ, すず	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
以	by means of, because, in view of	12	12	0	0	5	もち	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
伊	Italy, that one	12	12	0	0	6	これ, ただ, よし, いと +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
意	idea, mind, heart	12	12	0	0	13	もと, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
衣	garment, clothes, dressing	12	12	0	0	6	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
沙	sand	11	0	0	11	7	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
早	early, fast	10	0	0	10	6	さか, さわ, そ, わ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
委	committee, entrust to, leave to	9	9	0	0	8	まかせ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
左	left	8	0	0	8	5	そ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Isayoいさよ · this page

Characters in order

以by means of, because沙sand世generation, world

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 70. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

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Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Isayo spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

代substitute, change, convert33 of 70 analyzed forms 世generation, world, society32 of 70 analyzed forms 佐assistant, help13 of 70 analyzed forms 紗gauze, gossamer12 of 70 analyzed forms 以by means of, because, in view of12 of 70 analyzed forms 伊Italy, that one12 of 70 analyzed forms 意idea, mind, heart12 of 70 analyzed forms 衣garment, clothes, dressing12 of 70 analyzed forms 沙sand11 of 70 analyzed forms 早early, fast10 of 70 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Isayo

70 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading いさよ. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

イサヨ

イサヨ · Isayo

Katakana イサヨMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

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